Where does “tulang landasan” come from?

tulang landasan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian tulang, from Malay tulang, from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ, from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN — bone.

tulang landasan (Indonesian): incus (a small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear)

Definitions

  1. incus (a small anvil-shaped bone in the middle ear)

Ancestry of “tulang landasan”, step by step

tulang landasan traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Indonesian tulang

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesiantulangbone
2Malaytulangbone
3Proto-Malayictulaŋbone
4Proto-Malayo-PolynesiantuqəlaŋAlternative form of *tuqəlan
5Proto-AustronesianCuqəlaNbone

via Indonesian landasan

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Indonesianlandasanpad
2Malaylandasan—
3Classical Malaylandasan—
Every word from Proto-Austronesian CuqəlaN →Every word from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian tuqəlaŋ →Every word from Proto-Malayic tulaŋ →